Today marks the 819 anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, which temporarily ended the Byzantine Empire in 1204. The attack of Constantinople was a political strategy driven mostly by the new Republic of Venice. Constantinople was the greatest city in the world at that time, measured by both […]
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So here’s a nice little kudo. Barnes & Noble have selected The Rivers Ran Red as a Top Indie Favourite this month. Taylen
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The remains of Pompeii, Italy.I have a thing about volcanoes. Don’t know why. But of all the disaster movies and books that I’ve seen and read in my time, the ones featuring volcanoes get my thumbs-up and attention. One of my favourite movies of all time is Dante’s Peak. There’s nothing that can beat the
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There’s been a few interesting tidbits crossing my desk lately. Here’s a couple of them. First up, there’s been a rash of AI-adjusted pirated books appearing on the bookstores. There’s a video that explains it on Twitter (and you don’t need a Twitter account to watch it) here. The gist is, the AI writing tools
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This is a sort-of pre-review, I suppose. One of my preferred authors for urban fantasy is Charlaine Harris. If she heard me say so, she would probably shudder. Harris has two series that I consider to be great UF — Sookie Stackhouse (which was made into the True Blood TV series that eventually came apart
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I waited until the whole season of The Rings of Power had dropped on Amazon Prime before watching it, as I do with all TV series I follow. But that doesn’t mean I wasn’t eager to see it. On the contrary. I’m one of those people who watches the extended version of Lord of the
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If audiobooks were the same price as ebooks, would you read them? I don’t listen to audiobooks myself, but if they were the same price as ebooks, I might be stirred into trying them. And that will soon be possible. Let me explain. Audiobooks are SO expensive to make. For a long time now it
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I first heard this term a few weeks ago on an author group, where they were discussing just that: short epic fantasy. At first, that seems like an oxymoron. Epic fantasy is…well, epic. As in long, big, sprawling. No way can it be short. Or…can it? You tell me. Have you ever read short fantasy fiction
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I have an opportunity to make case hardcover editions of my books available. Which sounds fantastic…if you like hardcovers! There’s an image of a case hardcover book, above. They’re the hardcovers that have the cover image printed right onto them, instead of onto a loose cover wrap (and I *hate* those!). Of course, the hardcovers
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Fantasy is one of the biggest genres in fiction. There’s a lot of theories around for why the huge popularity of the genre and some very heavy hitters have joined the debate, including academics and sociologists. I think there isn’t one simple answer. I think there are perhaps three or four major, interlocked answers, and
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